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Grillmaster
Although I love to cook, all of the grills I have owned have been undersized, hibachi-like affairs, and I don’t grill out that often.
Our local AM radio station, WLIJ-AM, has had a trivia contest over the past several weeks. Our pagination techs, Mary and Carol, always have WLIJ on their radio, and sometimes I’ll turn [...]
Frazzled
On Monday, without warning, I was handed some extra interim responsibilities at the newspaper. I don’t know how long it will take to resolve the situation, but in the meantime I’m trying to do my normal job, plus the extra responsibilities, plus get ready for the mission trip to Africa which I will be co-leading [...]
Overkill
Here, we see two Kodak printer ink cartridges — one black and white, the other color — ordered at the same time, as part of the same order, from the same vendor (Kmart — I was trying to rack up some partner miles from American Airlines to keep my banked miles from expiring).
Each small cartridge [...]
Field trip
In the nearly 20 years that I’ve been involved with the Nashville Symphony’s community concert in Shelbyville, I can’t recall that we’ve ever taken a field trip to any of the symphony’s other concerts. That oversight will be corrected tonight, as Dawn Holley and I check out the concert at Cumberland University in Lebanon.
Of course, [...]
Your award winners
Here’s where I was yesterday. I had said that I wasn’t going to use my new Flip HD for much until the Kenya trip, but I decided to take it to the awards luncheon, being a special occasion and all:
A message from Dad
You should be ashamed of yourself. You made your mother cry.
– My father, on the phone tonight.
Actually, he was making a little joke before thanking me for recommending that they go see “Up.” I told him to tell her that her son cried, too.
Whirlwind
I may not be blogging much for the next 36 hours or so.
I slept in this morning, because I have to put in a full afternoon of work, then cover a 5 p.m. meeting, then cover a 7 p.m. meeting (school board, which is usually a long one).
Tomorrow morning, we will rush to get the [...]
My day
I’ll be lay speaking this morning at Mt. Lebanon United Methodist, filling in for my T-G co-worker Rev. Doug Dezotell, who has taken a mission team to Arizona.
Mt. Lebanon’s service is from 9:30 until 10:30. Then, I will race back to Shelbyville, where, at my home church, First United Methodist, my Sunday School class is [...]
It was 50 years ago today
Although it has been more than a month since the surprise party, today is the actual 50th anniversary of the wedding of John V. “Jack” Carney and Carrie Jones.
I have many reasons to celebrate said wedding, not the least of which is that I and my siblings would not exist without it.
Dad, a retired United [...]
Carolyn and Dave
Carolyn Schussler has given me permission to reveal that she and Dave gave me the Flip Video camera.
Carolyn and I have been on LEAMIS trips together before; she was the one who taught me soapmaking, and I’m relying on her expertise to help me pass that along to Kim Lachler for this year’s trip. Carolyn [...]
Chasing the wild goose
I just walked to church — a good half-hour walk — for an administrative council meeting, only to discover that
1) It was much hotter outside than I realized.
2) There was no one there.
I sat outside until 6 p.m., just to make sure no one showed, and then walked home, making a short detour to 50s [...]
PFO
This weekend will be pre-field orientation, or “PFO,” for the Kenya team. As a co-leader of the team, I’ll be one of the people leading the PFO, along with LEAMIS co-founders Gail Drake and Debra Snellen. The team won’t gather until Saturday morning, but (since I have Friday off work) I’ll be heading to the [...]
Grandmother
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I was looking for something else on Flickr just now and found this. This is my grandmother, from just a few weeks ago at my parents’ 50th anniversary party on May 9. My mother is on the left; Peggy Horton Hackney, a family friend, is at right. Grandmother is about to eat [...]
The weekend
The weekend went well, I think.
Saturday was quiet. I did some laundry at home Saturday morning and then headed over to my parents’ house around midday. I’m not sure I did that much — answer the occasional phone call, what have you. I held down the fort for a while when they had to leave, [...]
Tell everyone we said hello
Well, I’ve gone back and forth about whether to post. I wanted to vent a little, but I’ve been subjecting you to my personal drama for several days so far and didn’t want to wear out my welcome.
I have finally given in to my need to vent. Skip it if you find it tedious; I [...]
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